From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,325c54deb91283fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-30 15:59:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.indigo.ie!feeder.news.heanet.ie!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org (Colin Paul Gloster) Subject: Re: Ada in Iraq References: <3EA81C8D.B0B6949@raytheon.com> <3ea8f091.2270645@news.btclick.com> <3eaf84fb.1642752@news.btclick.com> Reply-To: Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.0 (SunOS) Organization: Dublin City University (DCU) Cache-Post-Path: ns2-ext.dcu.ie!unknown@camac.dcu.ie X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Date: 30 Apr 2003 22:59:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Apr 2003 22:59:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.206.1.1 X-Trace: 1051743593 reader.news.heanet.ie 180 [::ffff:136.206.1.1]:41796 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36784 Date: 2003-04-30T22:59:53+00:00 List-Id: In article <3eaf84fb.1642752@news.btclick.com>, John McCabe wrote: "On 29 Apr 2003 17:08:47 GMT, Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org (Colin Paul Gloster) wrote: >John McCabe wrote: >"[..] Although I no longer work with Ada[..]" > >Why? May be worth searching on Google groups for the answer(s) to that one :-) However - the short answer is that I was fed up working on defence and aerospace projects that took years to complete and wanted to work on more commercial short duration projects without having to relocate. Unfortunately there aren't any companies I know of close to home who do that kind of thing using Ada, so I had to compromise and find someone who'd give me a job using C++. How's that?" Maybe your beginning of the last sentence with "Unfortunately" confused me, but I could suggest you feel that is is u"nforunate" :)